About the Book: Farewell Karachi
When celebrity journalist and writer Bhawana Somaayas therapist once asked her
what her biggest fear in life was, she unthinkingly said, 'Its not having a roof
over my head. Until then, she had never acknowledged the intergenerational
trauma-informed instinct of displacement and placelessness. She was yet to
unpack its haunting grip on her flights, fights and freezes. Farewell Karachi is
the story of a family planting its roots anew in a country at the cusp of a
violent Partition. Spanning over a hundred years and five generations, the
narrative draws on an intimate portrait of a large family that grew